[sdiy] PDF Technical Resources

[Kent Lundberg]

Tim Daugard wrote:
> Texas Instruments "Handbook of Operational Amplifier Applications" This is the earliest
> (1963) and one of the best sources for information on using Opamps. It covers everything
> you will need so start here.

Actually, the earliest op-amp handbook/manual was the "Applications 
Manual for Philbrick Octal Plug-In Computing Amplifiers" published in 
1956 by George A. Philbrick Researches, Inc.  Philbrick was the first to 
market a commercial op amp in 1952 (the legendary two-tube K2-W), and 
this book was the first applications manual.  Unfortunately, it's only 
28 pages long.

The follow-up book from Philbrick, "Applications Manual for Computing 
Amplifiers for Modeling, Measuring, Manipulating, and Much Else" was 
published in 1966.  It's still a fascinating read.  You can download it 
from Analog Devices:

http://www.analog.com/library/analogDialogue/archives/philbrick/computing_amplifiers.html

-- 
Kent Lundberg
Control Systems Engineering Group 76
M.I.T. Lincoln Lab, D-362A
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